A suspected drunk driver gave Kamloops RCMP plenty of cause to check his sobriety.

At 6:10 a.m. Wednesday, an officer was driving an unmarked police car westbound on Columbia Street when he saw a vehicle driving ahead of him, also in the westbound lane, weaving and hitting the snowbank on the median.

Const. Jodi Shelkie said the suspect vehicle turned left at 3rd Avenue and proceeded to travel west on Columbia Street, but this time in the wrong lane.

“The police officer continued westbound in the correct lane. He activated his emergency lights, turned his unmarked police vehicle around into the eastbound lane and stopped in the far right lane in an attempt to stop the vehicle. The vehicle then struck the police car head on at a low speed,” said Shelkie.

The officer was not injured and the driver of the other car had minor injuries and was taken to a local medical facility.

“It is suspected that the driver was impaired. The investigation is ongoing,” said Shelkie.

Missing 15 year old reported on Feb 15, 2018, at 5;20 p.m., has been located.

ORIGINAL: Feb. 15, 2018

Police in Kamloops are seeking the public's help in finding a 15-year-old girl who went missing Thursday afternoon.

Sophia Bawn was reported missing at 5:20 p.m.

“The RCMP are very concerned for her well being and are asking anyone who sees her or knows of her whereabouts to call 911 immediately,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Edward Preto in a release.

Bawn is a five-foot-five, 130 pound Caucasian girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears large-framed glasses and was last seen wearing a black jacket, a black fleece with a Taiga logo on the front and black yoga pants.

The Public Works crews at the City of Kamloops successfully completed the sewer main repairs on Lorne Street at approximately 8:00 pm last night.

Crews were on site most of the night backfilling the hole and dismantling the bypass pumps.

Crews will be on site again this morning to determine what other clean up may be required.

Lorne Street has been reopened to traffic.

The City of Kamloops thanks residents for their assistance and patience during this incident and advises regular water usage is permitted.

ORIGINAL: Feb. 15, 2018

A sewer force main has broken in Kamloops and some sewage has entered the South Thompson River through nearby catch basins.

The City’s Spill Response Protocol has been enacted and the Ministry of Environment has been notified.

City crews are working to repair the damaged sewer main.

Lorne Street has been closed to public traffic between 8th Avenue and 10th Avenue.

Kamloops crews have a temporary solution in place to divert sewage away from the break area.

"While crews are keeping up with current flows, the city is asking that residents in Rose Hill, Valleyview, Juniper, Barnhartvale, Dallas, Campbell Creek, Sun Rivers and along East Shuswap Road limit indoor water usage until further notice to help reduce further backup and mitigate environmental impact," as stated in a press release.

Police are hoping to find out more information about a 21-year-old man who was struck and killed on the Coquihalla Highway in January.

Kamloops RCMP responded to a fatal hit and run the night of Jan. 7 and found a man on the road near the Trans-Canada interchange.

Morisho Kavimba, 21, was believed to be hitchhiking when he was struck and killed.

“He was wearing dark clothes and standing on the highway where there was no illumination,” said Sgt. Lorne Wood. “The driver of the vehicle that struck him may not have known they hit him or thought they struck something other than a person.”

Kavimba is believed to have been in Kamloops for two to three days before the incident.

An obituary states Kavimba was born in Bukavu, Congo, and at the age of 10 moved with his family to Regina.

"He wrote songs and rapped in high school, but it wasn't until he graduated that he pursued it further and released music to the public," reads an obit. "Soon after releasing his first songs, he immediately put pen back to paper and continued writing about the things that made him happy and the obstacles he overcame in life."

“The RCMP are specifically interest in speaking to anyone who may have seen the victim between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Jan. 7,” said Wood.

Kavimba was last seen near the Aberdeen Mall at 7:45 p.m., and police are asking anyone who may have driven him to the mall to contact them at 250-828-3000.